Abbotts got his "invasion of Iraq" and has even roped in the Kiwis to help 
300 hundred troops - I knew we were good but not that good 
Of course the Greens in the Senate tried to have a motion to debate on the deployment, and were defeated 40 votes to 12 !
Hindering for no reason, typical greens !
@vicr3000 wrote:
Abbotts got his "invasion of Iraq" and has even roped in the Kiwis to help
300 hundred troops - I knew we were good but not that good
Of course the Greens in the Senate tried to have a motion to debate on the deployment, and were defeated 40 votes to 12 !
Hindering for no reason, typical greens !
I believe they're going in an advise and assist capacity:
AN additional training team of up to 300 Australian soldiers will be sent to Iraq to join an international force training local forces, Tony Abbott says.
The 300 regular army soldiers will bring Australia’s total commitment to the war against Islamic State to about 900.
Australia already has 170 commandos now “advising and assisting” local special forces in Iraq, “most if not all” of whom will come home once their rotation ends in September.
A 600-strong self-contained Royal Australian Air Force task force is operating from a major base near Dubai with constant air strikes by Super Hornet Fighter-Bombers supported by a Wedgetail command and control aircraft and an air to air refuelling tanker.
Building on intensive training experience gained in Afghanistan, the new Australian team, made up of regular army soldiers rather than special forces, will work with 143 New Zealand troops and instructors from a range of nations including The Netherlands and France.
So vic got the 'wrong end of the stick' on that issue?
Abbotts got his "invasion of Iraq" and has even roped in the Kiwis to help 
300 hundred troops........
NZ News
Prime Minister John Key announced on Tuesday that up to 143 New Zealand soldiers will be sent to Iraq in May to join the US-led war, ostensibly to help fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Conscious of widespread anti-war sentiment, the government has sought to portray the deployment as a “non-combat” mission. Key said the troops would be stationed at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, where they will work with Australian forces to train Iraqi army soldiers “behind the wire.” However, only 16 of the soldiers being sent are specialist trainers.
@am*3 wrote:So vic got the 'wrong end of the stick' on that issue?
Abbotts got his "invasion of Iraq" and has even roped in the Kiwis to help
300 hundred troops........
Not sure how I got the wrong end of the stick on that issue, it was a swipe at you !
And it worked !
@am*3 wrote:So vic got the 'wrong end of the stick' on that issue?
Oh dear you so love to see ppl proven wrong don't you Am? Almost to the point of being obsessive, it seems.
I don't see Vic as being wrong. just probably putting a bit of spin on it.
Abbotts got his "invasion of Iraq" and has even roped in the Kiwis to help
300 hundred troops........
NZ News
Prime Minister John Key announced on Tuesday that up to 143 New Zealand soldiers will be sent to Iraq in May to join the US-led war, ostensibly to help fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Conscious of widespread anti-war sentiment, the government has sought to portray the deployment as a “non-combat” mission. Key said the troops would be stationed at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, where they will work with Australian forces to train Iraqi army soldiers “behind the wire.” However, only 16 of the soldiers being sent are specialist trainers.
